MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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